Ocean Projects in IGBP II today

Ocean Projects in IGBP II post 2009

IMBER at its most fundamental

Interactions, Sensitivities, Feedbacks

IMBER SSC• Julie Hall (Chair), New Zealand• Dennis Hansell (Vice-Chair), USA• Patrick Monfray (Vice-Chair), France• Ann Bucklin, USA• Jay Cullen, Canada• Wilco Hazeleger, Netherlands• David Hutchins, USA• Arne Körtzinger, Germany• Carina Lange, Chile• Jack Middelburg, Netherlands• Coleen Moloney, South Africa• Wajih Naqvi, India• Raymond Pollard, United Kingdom• Hiroaki Saito, Japan• Carol Turley, United Kingdom• Jing Zhang, China

Brest, 2006

IMBER Science Plan and Implementation Strategy, 2005

http://www.imber.info/

Theme 1Interactions between

biogeochemical cycles and marine

food webs

Theme 1: Interactions between biogeochemical cycles and marine food webs

Issues:

1. Transformation of organic matter in marine food webs

2. Transfers of matter across ocean interfaces

3. End-to-end food webs and material flows (IMBER/GLOBEC)

What are the key marine biogeochemical cycles, ecosystem processes, and their interactions, that will be impacted by Global Change?

Theme 2 Sensitivity to

Global Change

Theme 2: Sensitivity to Global Change

Issues:

1. Impacts of climate-induced changes through physical forcing and variability

2. Effects of increasing anthropogenic CO2 and changing pH on marine biogeochemical cycles, ecosystems and their interactions (IMBER/SOLAS: Joint Implementation plan)

…

What are the responses of key marine biogeochemical cycles, ecosystems and their interactions to global change?

…Issues:

3. Effects of changing supplies of macro- and micronutrients

4. Impacts of harvesting of marine resources on end-to-end food webs and biogeochemical cycles (IMBER/GLOBEC)

Theme 2. Sensitivity to Global Change

Theme 3 Feedbacks to the

Earth System

Theme 3. Feedbacks to the Earth System

Issues:

1. Oceanic storage of anthropogenic CO2

2. Ecosystem feedback on ocean physics and climate

What is the role of ocean biogeochemistry and ecosystems in regulating climate?

Theme 4: Responses of Society

• Plan for Workshop to develop the issues and questions for this theme

• Bring together natural and social sciences communities

What are the relationships between marine biogeochemical cycles, ecosystems, and the human system?

IMBER International Project OfficeEuropean Institute for Marine Studies

Brest, France

Elena FilyAdmin. Assist.

Dr. Sylvie RoyExecutive Officer

Sophie BeauvaisDeputy Exec. Off.

Promotion Newsletter

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Website www.IMBER.info

Poster

Working groups

• Joint SOLAS/IMBER Carbon Group• End-to-End Food web Task Team• Joint LOICZ/IMBER Continental Margins

Task Team• Capacity Building Task Team• Data Management Committee

Joint SOLAS-IMBER Carbon groupMembership:• Arne Körtzinger (Germany, co-Chair) • Truls Johannessen (Norway, co-Chair) • Niki Gruber (Switzerland) • Nicolas Metzl (France) • Britton Stephens (USA) • Gerhard Herndl (Netherlands) • Ken Johnson (USA) • Kitack Lee (Korea) • Kevin Arrigo (USA) • Toshiro Saino (Japan) • Hermann Bange (Germany) • Dick Feely (USA)

Carbon Sub-groups

1. Surface ocean systems

Chair: Nicolas Metzl (France)

Surface pCO2 Workshop (UNESCO, Paris, 11-14 April 2007)

2. Interior ocean carbon storage

Chair: Nicolas Gruber (Switzerland)

(i) Friends of Argo Task Team - promote the addition of

oxygen sensors to the international ARGO float program

(ii) Broaden the synthesis effort initiated by CARBOOCEAN for the Atlantic Ocean (Iceland, June 28-30, 2006)

Continental Margins Task Team(IMBER/LOICZ)

Open Science Conference in late 2007,

Shanghai, China

Membership:• Nancy Rabalais (USA, co-chair)• Jack Middelburg (Netherlands, co-chair)• KK Liu (Taiwan)• Kai Wirtz (Germany)• Francois Carlotti (France)• Jing Zhang (China)• Helmuth Thomas (Canada)• Katja Fennel (USA)• Burke Hales (USA)• Isabelle Niang-Diop (Senegal)

China 5 year funding IMBER/GLOBEC programme. Hosting the Second LME

India Impact of anthropogenic perturbations on oceanographic and atmospheric processes in and around India in context of global change; SIBER workshop in October

Japan IMBER-JAPAN established under the Science Council of Japan (2004-), chaired by H. Saito. North West Pacific cruise has been funded for Summer 2008.

New Zealand Two funded research cruises in permanently oligotrophic regions to north west of New Zealand focused on N cycling in this region

Chile Currently funded COPAS programme is a contribution to IMBER

France Currently funded for three years CYBER programme "CYcles Biogéochimiques, Ecosystèmes et Ressources". (2006-2009)

Netherlands Programme under development with joint IMBER /SOLAS cruise planned

Germany Planning for new programme for 2007

Spain Developing a co-sponsored proposal with The Netherlands for a “Deep-water Oceanography” project. Holding a Spanish IMBER symposium in March 2007.

UK Plans for IMBER contribution in new funding round 2007

USA A new “Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry” group has been formed in 2006

IMBER National Activities